Antonia Del Palacio: Military Monday honoree for December 11, 2023
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — ABC-7 is saluting the men and women of our armed forces and our veterans, with Military Monday. Today we…
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After losing Houston mayor’s race, US Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee to seek reelection to Congress
HOUSTON (AP) — Two days after losing her bid to be Houston’s next mayor, longtime U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee announced on Monday she will seek…
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Temps begin to warm.
Warmer temperatures for the next couple of days with highs in the low to mid 60’s. A weak storm system arrives later Wednesday and Thursday with…
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Governor wants New Mexico legislators to debate new approach to regulating assault-style weapons
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico could become an early political testing ground for a proposal to make assault-style…
Continue Reading Two Nashville churches, wrecked by tornadoes years apart, lean on each other in storms’ wake
By JONATHAN MATTISE, HOLLY MEYER and TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — After a March 2020 tornado destroyed the Rev. Jacques…
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Here’s what we know about a Texas woman’s battle for an abortion
CNN By Zoe Sottile, Ashley Killough and Ed Lavandera, CNN (CNN) — In one of the most high-profile abortion cases since the fall of Roe V. Wade,…
Continue Reading Wisconsin’s Democratic attorney general vows to defend potential 2024 Trump victory in court
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s Democratic attorney general promises to defend a potential Donald Trump victory next year in the swing…
Continue Reading Brain sample from Maine gunman to be examined for injury related to Army Reserves
By DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A brain sample from a gunman who killed 18 people in Maine has been sent to a lab in…
Continue Reading Third Mississippi man is buried in a pauper’s grave without family’s knowledge
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A third family says they recently discovered a relative was buried in…
Continue Reading Man sues NYC after he spent 27 years in prison, then was cleared in subway token clerk killing
By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A man recently cleared in the gruesome 1995 killing of a subway token booth clerk is suing New…
Continue Reading What to know about abortion lawsuits being heard in US courts this week
By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press The Texas Supreme Court received a lot of attention this week when it rejected a woman’s request for an…
Continue Reading The US is restricting visas for nearly 300 Guatemalan lawmakers, others for ‘undermining democracy’
By GISELA SALOMON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — The Biden administration says it will impose visa restrictions on nearly 300 Guatemalan lawmakers,…
Continue Reading Harvard faculty rallies to the aid of university president criticized for remarks on antisemitism
By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Hundreds of Harvard faculty members are urging the Ivy League university to keep its…
Continue Reading The mother of imprisoned drug lord Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán has died in Mexico, official confirms
By E. EDUARDO CASTILLO Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The mother of convicted drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán has died in the…
Continue Reading Mexico’s president vows to eliminate regulatory, oversight agencies, claiming they are ‘useless’
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president wants to eliminate almost all remaining government oversight and regulatory agencies before he leaves…
Continue Reading Young Thug trial delayed at least a day after co-defendant is stabbed in jail
ATLANTA (AP) — Authorities say one of the five co-defendants on trial with rapper Young Thug has been stabbed at the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta,…
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Texas woman who sought court permission for abortion leaves state for the procedure, attorneys say
By PAUL J. WEBER and JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A pregnant Texas woman whose fetus has a fatal condition left the state to…
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ABC-7 Xtra: Smuggled and Stashed in the Borderland
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Watch ABC-7’s Luis Chaparro’s special report “Smuggled and Stashed” Monday night, only on ABC-7 at…
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US v. Trump will bring new political misery to the embattled Supreme Court, no matter what the justices do
CNN Analysis by Joan Biskupic, CNN Senior Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — Special counsel Jack Smith’s request to the Supreme Court on Monday…
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Former Walmart shooting prosecutor levels accusations against El Paso DA
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — After resigning as the Trial Team Chief for the Walmart mass shooting case, Assistant District Attorney Loretta Hewitt said…
Continue Reading Man charged in Fourth of July parade shooting plans to represent himself at trial
By CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press/Report for America Waukegan, Ill. (AP) — The man accused of killing seven people at a Fourth of July parade in…
Continue Reading Commercial fishermen need more support for substance abuse and fatigue, lawmakers say
By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A group of lawmakers from New England and Alaska says a federal program that protects…
Continue Reading French opposition lawmakers reject the government’s key immigration bill without debating it
PARIS (AP) — French opposition lawmakers have rejected an immigration bill without debating it. Monday’s move comes as a major blow to…
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How Texans can prepare for natural disasters
By Julia Guilbeau, The Texas Tribune Dec. 11, 2023 “How Texans can prepare for natural disasters” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a…
Continue Reading Ramaswamy was the target of death threats in New Hampshire that led to FBI arrest, campaign says
By KATHY McCORMACK and HOLLY RAMER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say they charged a New Hampshire man with threatening…
Continue Reading Man filmed wielding folding chair in riverfront brawl pleads guilty to misdemeanor
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A Black man filmed swinging a folding chair during an Alabama riverfront brawl has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor…
Continue Reading Kensington Palace releases video showing Princess of Wales and her kids packing gift bags for needy
LONDON (AP) — The Princess of Wales and her three children are shown packing gift bags for kids in need this holiday season in a new video…
Continue Reading SmileDirectClub shuts down months after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
NEW YORK (AP) — SmileDirectClub is shutting down — just months after the struggling teeth-straightening company filed for bankruptcy protection.…
Continue Reading Air Force disciplines 15 as IG finds that security failures led to massive classified documents leak
By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Air Force has disciplined 15 personnel in connection with the massive classified documents leak…
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More than 13,000 migrants bused out of El Paso in past three months
by Cindy Ramirez, El Paso MattersDecember 11, 2023 Genesis sat on the steps of the Union Depot in Downtown El Paso early last week, watching as…
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